5.1 Supported Upgrade Paths

All other OES releases can be upgraded by installing the interim support packs in order. For example, you can upgrade from OES 2 to OES 2 SP1, then from OES 2 SP1 to OES 2 SP2, and finally from OES 2 SP2 to OES 2 SP3. Cross-architecture upgrades (32-bit to 64-bit and 64-bit to 32-bit) are not supported.

Table 5-1 Supported OES 2 SP3 Upgrade Paths

Source

Destination

Upgrade Methods Suppported

OES 1 SP2 (32-bit)

OES 2 SP3 (32-bit)

Network-based media (offline)

Physical media (offline)

OES 2 SP2 (32-bit)

OES 2 SP3 (32-bit)

Network-based media (offline)

Physical media (offline)

Update Channel (online)

OES 2 SP2 (64-bit)

OES 2 SP3 (64-bit)

Network-based media (offline)

Physical media (offline)

Update Channel (online)

IMPORTANT:Source servers must have all patches applied from the appropriate SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and OES patch channels prior to an upgrade.